July 2026

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Correction: Summer 2026 results and post-results guidance

Correction: We sent you the email below yesterday, but unfortunately there were two incorrect links – one to the JCQ rules on releasing results, and the other to our post-results infographic. We've updated the email below and it now includes the correct links – please ignore the previous version and use this one going forward. We're sorry for any confusion this may have caused.

Dear Exams Officer

With the exam series behind us, we hope you can take some time to reflect on all your hard work and achievements from the summer series. A great place of reflection was our summer Exams Officer networks. We've seen so many of you over the last few weeks, as we've planned and attended a whopping 261 networks. With the last few events happening over the next week, we hope you've had the chance to join us – and if you didn't – look out for more information in the autumn term on how to get involved with the next ones.

We know that you’ll now be busy preparing for the summer 2026 series results days, so we’d like to share some helpful information to guide you through the process:

Final entry checks
What’s available, where and when
Reports on the exams
Are your teachers registered for Centre Services?
Data Insights
Missing or incomplete results
Late special consideration requests
Results slips
Post-results services
Support for learners
Certificates
Ofqual and JCQ updates
Enrolling new students in September
Contact us

To avoid any malpractice around results days, make sure you follow the JCQ rules on releasing results.

Gemma Miller
Exams Officer Engagement Manager

Final entry checks

To make sure your learners can receive their results in August, it’s important that we receive entries for all the exams they have taken.

Please make sure you've checked all your entries on Centre Services before results day.

Centre Services will show the live entries, and information we hold for your learners. These can be found by following the steps below:

log into Centre Services
select 'Pre-exams'
select 'Entries'
click 'Subject records'.

You can still use Centre Services or EDI to make changes, including correcting students’ names, up to 14 days before results day. After this, no further entries or withdrawals can be accepted, although changes to personal details can still be made by email to entries@aqa.org.uk.

If we’ve found any issues with your entries, you’ll have received Certification Warning Reports (CWRs) from us. If you’ve not acted on these, you will not receive a result for the learner, and you’ll need to get in touch with us to fix your missing or incomplete results.

For more guidance on checking entries, watch the ‘View subject records in Centre Services’ video in our YouTube Entries playlist.

What's available, where and when

Restricted release days

Restricted release day is the day before results day:

Wednesday 12 August 2026 for AS, A-level, Applied General,
Level 3 Certificate, Level 3 Extended Project.
Wednesday 19 August 2026 for GCSE, Level 2 Certificate, ELC, FCSE, Level 1 and Level 2 Projects.

On restricted release day, exams office staff can access results and grade boundaries from 12:01am on EDI A2C and Centre Services.

If your Head of Centre and other senior staff members nominated by them, need early access to results, you can give them access by assigning them the 'Centre Results Early Read' role on Centre Services.

All other users should only have access to results from 8:00am on results day. Please make sure that you check all your users' permissions on Centre Services, to make sure that no-one has permissions for 'Centre Results Early Read' by mistake.

You must not share results, grade boundaries or any information about results before 8:00am on results days with teachers, learners or parents. Not complying with these confidentiality requirements will be treated as malpractice and will be investigated.

Results days

Schools and colleges can then issue results to learners from 8.00am on:

Thursday 13 August 2026 for AS, A-level, Applied General, Level 3 Certificate, Level 3 Extended Project.
Thursday 20 August 2026 for GCSE, Level 2 Certificate, ELC, FCSE, Level 1 and Level 2 Projects.

Grade boundaries will be published on our website at 8.00am on results day.

To help prepare for results day, please check that you can access Centre Services and let us know of any phone number or email changes before then. You can do this by emailing eos@aqa.org.uk or calling 0800 197 7162. Please also check, where necessary, that you can receive results on EDI.

Centre Services administration

We’ll need written (by email) confirmation from your existing Centre Services Administrator or your Head of Centre if you need to make any of the following changes in Centre Services:

changing a Centre Services administrator (a person at your school/college with main administrator permissions)
adding an additional administrator to Centre Services
changing the email address that the main administrator(s) logs into Centre Services with.

You can find out more about this process, and what steps you need to take, on our website.

Allowing teachers to see results in Centre Services

As Centre Services administrator, you’ll also need to give permission to teachers so they can see results in Centre Services on results day – without this they will not be able to see them or use Data Insights. Take care to only give them 'Centre Results Read' and not 'Centre Results Early Read'.

You can give teachers permission by following the steps below:

log into Centre Services
click ‘Manage User Roles’
find the user you’d like to grant permission to, and click edit against their name
click into the roles box and select ‘Centre Results Read’
click ‘Save'.

Reports on the exam

From results days, you’ll be able to download the summer 2026 reports on the exam (Lead Examiner reports) by following these steps:

log into Centre Services
select ‘Resources’
select ‘Assessment and training’
click on your subject
tick ‘Report on the Exam’ in the ‘Resource type’ filter.

This report is based on observations of a wide range of learner responses to questions and provides great insight into how the exams went, and if there was an issue, such as a mistake on a question paper – how this was resolved. They can also be used to help teachers prepare their learners for any future mock assessments and teaching and learning purposes.

Are your teachers registered for Centre Services?

We want schools and colleges to get the most out of the services we offer and for teachers to have everything they need when teaching and delivering our specifications, including our results days services, and Data Insights. If any of your teaching staff do not already have a Centre Services account, please encourage them to register for Centre Services before results days.

Once registered and approved by you, they’ll be able to log in to Centre Services and access Data Insights.

Data Insights

Get prepared for results days with Data Insights

Data Insights is our online tool that helps schools, colleges and MATs explore exam results in a clear, easy-to-understand way.

Data Insights lets schools and colleges dig deeper into exam results and see how your school, subject, class and individual students have performed.

From 8.00am on results days, you’ll be able to:

access grade overviews
see subject results
see marks analysis
see students’ results
download results
use student groups.

You can find information, guidance and training on using Data insights on our website, this includes our user guide and quick reference guide

Missing or incomplete results

There are two possible symbols you might see if you have any missing or incomplete results:

No result (X) means that a result is not being issued because the student was absent for all parts of the exam, or because of a decision not to issue a result for another reason.
Pending (Q) means that no result has been issued as the marks for one or more components of the exam are not available.

If you receive any missing or incomplete results for one or more of your learners, please complete our missing results form. You’ll need to copy and paste the table provided in the form into an email and fill it out – please do not attach the word document to the email.

Once completed, please send your email to eos@aqa.org.uk with the subject line ‘Processing query’. We’ll also need a copy of a seating plan and attendance list to process the query, so please attach these to your initial email, as it will help us to fix your issue as quickly as we can. If the learner used a word processor, and you kept a copy of their work, please also include it. We'll also need a letter signed by the Head of Centre to confirm that the materials have been held securely.

We'll resolve the query and let you know the outcome. We'll also update results on Centre Services within 24 hours.

Late special consideration applications

You can still make special consideration requests for summer 2026 until Friday 24 July 2026.

The window to submit requests will then reopen on results day for exceptional circumstances. You can apply in the usual way, and applications will be processed as quickly as possible. The window will then close again on Thursday 24 September 2026. Compelling evidence will be needed to support your request (JCQ A guide to the special consideration process point 6.14/6.15).

If you’re making a late request for special consideration for a learner, please do not apply for any post-results services until the special consideration application has been processed.

You can check whether a special consideration request has been processed by following the below steps:

log into Centre Services
click on 'Exams'
click 'Special consideration'
select 'View requests'.

Results slips

You'll need to make sure that appropriate arrangements are made for learners to receive their results on results day. We’re unable to confirm any results over the phone or by email to any learners, even if your school is closed.

To access learners’ results slips on Centre Services, simply follow the instructions below:

log into Centre Services
click 'Post-exams'
click 'Results'
click 'Results documents'
click drop down arrow to open.

If you are giving learners results slips that are generated from your MIS, please make sure that these include the learners UCI, as this essential for enrolling for sixth form or further education.

If you receive requests from sixth forms or colleges for student UCI numbers after results have been published, please share this information.

Post-results services

You’ll find all the information you need about post results services on our website, including a description of what’s available, the fees we charge, and the deadlines you need to work to.

You can also take a look at our post-results infographic for practical tips on results day.

Remember, if a learner has a university place pending and is unhappy with an AS or A-level result, please request a priority review of marking, which takes up to 15 calendar days.

You can find a recorded webinar and short videos on how to submit post-results requests on our Exams Officer Training video page

Remember that, for reviews of marking and clerical re-checks, marks and grades may go up, down or stay the same. Before making a request for any post-results service, including access to scripts, you need written consent from your learner, which must be kept for six months after receiving the outcome. You cannot ask for their permission before results days.

We’ll send you an outcome letter for each of your post-results reviews. Any changes to marks and grades will also show in Data Insights, but can take up to 24 hours to appear after the outcome has been released.

When you submit components for review, please be aware that the timing of the requests will affect the fee charged, you can find out more on our website.

Support for learners

There's a range of options available for learners who are unhappy with their grades – and feel they cannot progress with the results they've received. Please direct them to our support pages, and our page on what to do if you're unhappy with your results.

For questions about university applications or Clearing, learners can call the UCAS Applicant enquiry line 0371 468 0468 or visit the UCAS website.

November resits

If you will be making re-sit entries for the November 2026 exam series, please make sure you have processes in place to collect the original UCIs for any new students being enrolled into your centre.

If you allocate new UCIs, this could create delays when we’re processing your entry files, lead to problems with carrying forward any NEA or endorsement information and cause issues when importing exam results.

Remember, there’s an age restriction for entering learners for GCSE English Language and GCSE Maths in the November exam series. Only learners who were at least 16 years old on 31 August 2026 can be entered.

Certificates

Certificates for the summer 2026 exam series will be sent out by Friday 6 November 2026.

For early speech day or prize-giving events, you can request that your certificates are dispatched earlier to arrive at your school or college from Monday 7 September 2026.

To make your request, please go to the exam certificates page on our website. If a learner's grade changes after their certificate is printed, you can get a corrected version for free. For all other changes (eg name) there's a fee of £50.25 per learner.

Ofqual and JCQ updates

Ofqual has published some helpful guidance around understanding grading.

Department for Education updates

If your school has signed up to the Education Record App, you can access any support you need during the results period by emailing EducationRecord.schools@education.gov.uk

Enrolling new students

If you’re enrolling students for sixth form or college, please do not give them a new UCI as this can delay exam entries, and make it harder for universities or employers to verify a student’s full academic history. You can find the student’s previous UCI by looking at their results slip or certificate. You could also ask their previous school or college for a Common Transfer File (CTF) or speak to your centre data manager for help.

Contact us

We’re here to support you if you have any questions about results. You can get in touch with us between 8.00am and 5.00pm every weekday, by emailing eos@aqa.org.uk or calling 0800 197 7162.

Our phone lines will be open from 7.00am to 5.00pm on restricted results days and results days.

We hope your results days go as smoothly as possible, and we wish you and your learners all the best.

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